PUBLIC ART
These are some of the sculptures I have made that now live in public spaces where they can be seen and touched by everyone. Some were commissioned by individuals, some by public agencies. All are my personal gifts to my community. Spanning 30 years, they are listed from most recent to oldest.
These are some of the sculptures I have made that now live in public spaces where they can be seen and touched by everyone. Some were commissioned by individuals, some by public agencies. All are my personal gifts to my community. Spanning 30 years, they are listed from most recent to oldest.
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CAMP BROTHERHOOD DOVE
After 22 inspiring carving symposia at this wonderful spiritual retreat center, I have found a way to thank Father Treacy and Rabbi Levine, for their vision of loving humanity, and donated this little white marble Dove. It perches on a boulder that is a continually flowing fountain, next to the gazebo outside the Interfaith Chapel.
After 22 inspiring carving symposia at this wonderful spiritual retreat center, I have found a way to thank Father Treacy and Rabbi Levine, for their vision of loving humanity, and donated this little white marble Dove. It perches on a boulder that is a continually flowing fountain, next to the gazebo outside the Interfaith Chapel.
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Tom's Totem
We just installed this sculpture at Peace Health Hospital's new Cancer Care Center in Bellingham. It is a stack of 4 granite figures, perched on a basalt base, about 7 ft tall. I am not sure what it all means, but it was fun to carve and assemble. Designed by Bellingham painter and printmaker Tom Wood, and commissioned by Lucia Douglas Gallery proprietor Linda Gardner. |
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A SEEKER
Handcarved of fine Carrrara marble, sitting on a basalt column. Installed Jan. 2014 in the courtyard by Main Entrance Island Hospital, Anacortes. Generously funded by Anacortes Arts Festival 2013 |
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ROCK FAMILY STONE CIRCLE
This pagan shrine was assembled in 2012, at Camp Brotherhood, a multi-faith retreat center at Lake McMurray WA, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NorthWest Stone Sculptors Association, here where we have our annual carving symposium in July. The circle is 80 ft across, is made up of 25 boulders gathered from the property, and has become a gathering and meditation site.
for all who visit here.
This pagan shrine was assembled in 2012, at Camp Brotherhood, a multi-faith retreat center at Lake McMurray WA, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NorthWest Stone Sculptors Association, here where we have our annual carving symposium in July. The circle is 80 ft across, is made up of 25 boulders gathered from the property, and has become a gathering and meditation site.
for all who visit here.
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BOOTH FAMILY MEMORIAL ROCKSCAPE
Walla Walla University Marine Biology Research Station at Rosario Beach, just south of Anacortes WA, 2012. Julian Lee's dry pool and stream holds 5 large granite salmon, and 2 little doves.
Walla Walla University Marine Biology Research Station at Rosario Beach, just south of Anacortes WA, 2012. Julian Lee's dry pool and stream holds 5 large granite salmon, and 2 little doves.
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TWO OTTERS
Life size river otters
snuggle on a boulder
at Fern Hill Cemetery. 2013
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CORMORANT DRYING HER WINGS Guemes Channel Trail, Anacortes WA, 2012. This granite on basalt piece is 6 ft tall, and sits in the sandy beach next to the trail. Funded by a grant from Anacortes Art Festival, to honor the many cormorants who gather to fish and hang out on the pilings here in Ship Harbor. |
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HERONS
5 ft tall, of South African Black Granite.
Commissioned for Fern Hill Cemetery,
just outside Anacortes WA, 2012.
The mother and baby heron are here to recognize the huge nesting colony of herons nearby, the biggest in Puget Sound.
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GUARDIANS
A very special memorial statue, commissioned by a friend to honor his father, a WWII veteran. Installed at Veterans Memorial Park, Port Angeles WA 2011. The eagle stands for the warriors who fought to protect the peace at home, symbolized by the dove, who watches over our souls. Carved of granite, 6 ft tall.
A very special memorial statue, commissioned by a friend to honor his father, a WWII veteran. Installed at Veterans Memorial Park, Port Angeles WA 2011. The eagle stands for the warriors who fought to protect the peace at home, symbolized by the dove, who watches over our souls. Carved of granite, 6 ft tall.
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SKA-ATL, THE OTTER
Life sized river otter perched on a rock, where she greets the many people who walk, run, ride, and skate along the Tommy Thompson Parkway waterfront trail in Anacortes WA. Granite, funded by a grant from the Anacortes Art Festival in 2009. Ska-atl is the Samish word for river otter.
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CIRCLE OF LIFE
2007, commissioned by Padilla Bay Estuarine Reserve for a wall of the lobby outside their environmental education rooms, this yellow cedar disc is 5 ft in diameter. The relief carving features many of the native plants and animals who reside here.
2007, commissioned by Padilla Bay Estuarine Reserve for a wall of the lobby outside their environmental education rooms, this yellow cedar disc is 5 ft in diameter. The relief carving features many of the native plants and animals who reside here.
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ETERNAL EMBRACE This granite carving is life size - 6 ft high, 2 ft wide and deep. It stands in the Healing Garden outside the Chemo Room, at Skagit Valley Hospital's Cancer Care Facility, Mount Vernon WA. It was commissioned by my long time friend Dick Fallis, to honor his wife Bernice, who passed away in 2005. He donated it to the hospital in gratitude for the excellent care she had received here in her final year. The bronze plaque reads: "Although cancer may seem to rob us of our Loved One, The Embrace, remembered, will keep that Loved One in our hearts Forever." |
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JASPER GATES AND JOHN KNOX
Commissioned in 2005 by Skagit County Historian Dick Fallis, and funded jointly by the State of Washington, City of Mount Vernon, Gates family members, and Mount Vernon Schools elementary students. Carved of a 7 ton block of granite, the image came from a 1905 photo of Jasper and his grandson carrying buckets of vegetables out of the family garden, here at this location, now the corner of First and Gates Streets, downtown Mount Vernon WA. The statue memorializes a prominent founder of the city, and has become a welcomed permanent reminder of the history of this town, and surrounding Skagit County.
Commissioned in 2005 by Skagit County Historian Dick Fallis, and funded jointly by the State of Washington, City of Mount Vernon, Gates family members, and Mount Vernon Schools elementary students. Carved of a 7 ton block of granite, the image came from a 1905 photo of Jasper and his grandson carrying buckets of vegetables out of the family garden, here at this location, now the corner of First and Gates Streets, downtown Mount Vernon WA. The statue memorializes a prominent founder of the city, and has become a welcomed permanent reminder of the history of this town, and surrounding Skagit County.
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SAMISH TOTEM POLES
Two 15 ft tall cedar poles, for the Samish Indian Nation's administration offices in Anacortes WA, 2001. The tribal icons, including both images of the Maiden of Deception Pass at the bottom, were chosen by Samish elders, and all were carved in the traditional Coast Salish style I was taught 20 years before. The relief carving on the 10 ft wide cedar sign below depicts a Samish family arriving home from a canoe voyage.
Two 15 ft tall cedar poles, for the Samish Indian Nation's administration offices in Anacortes WA, 2001. The tribal icons, including both images of the Maiden of Deception Pass at the bottom, were chosen by Samish elders, and all were carved in the traditional Coast Salish style I was taught 20 years before. The relief carving on the 10 ft wide cedar sign below depicts a Samish family arriving home from a canoe voyage.
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SINGLE MOTHERS MEMORIAL
This limestone carving, on a basalt base, stands about 5 ft tall. It lives in Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham WA. It was commissioned by an anonymous donor, to honor single mothers, and particularly his own mother. It was installed in 2001, and the surrounding shrubs and trees have embraced it and made it part of the garden.
This limestone carving, on a basalt base, stands about 5 ft tall. It lives in Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham WA. It was commissioned by an anonymous donor, to honor single mothers, and particularly his own mother. It was installed in 2001, and the surrounding shrubs and trees have embraced it and made it part of the garden.
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CRUCIFIXION/RESURRECTION
Carved of Cedar, this two sided sculpture is 10 ft tall and 4 ft wide. It stands in the south lawn of United Methodist Church, Anacortes WA, among a grove of maple and fir trees. 1988.
Carved of Cedar, this two sided sculpture is 10 ft tall and 4 ft wide. It stands in the south lawn of United Methodist Church, Anacortes WA, among a grove of maple and fir trees. 1988.
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MAIDEN OF DECEPTION PASS
Story pole tells of the transformation of KoKwalAlwoot, a young Samish lady, into a spirit of the sea. It was commissioned for the Samish Indian Nation and Skagit County Centennial celebration in 1983, and installed here, where the ancient Samish town once stood, at Rosario Beach, now part of Deception Pass State Park, on Fidalgo Island. It is 24 ft tall, 5 ft wide, of red cedar.
Story pole tells of the transformation of KoKwalAlwoot, a young Samish lady, into a spirit of the sea. It was commissioned for the Samish Indian Nation and Skagit County Centennial celebration in 1983, and installed here, where the ancient Samish town once stood, at Rosario Beach, now part of Deception Pass State Park, on Fidalgo Island. It is 24 ft tall, 5 ft wide, of red cedar.